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c. Do you think the people at the bank were sympathetic to the problem faced by the
narrator? Why or why not?

d. Why were the people at the bank helpful at first?

Time to think and answer

1. What was it that made the manager think that the narrator had a large amount to deposit?

2. Why do you think the narrator did not rectify his mistake and go with his decision to
withdraw all the money?

3. Do you think the narrator would have gone back to the bank? Why?

4. Which part of the story did you find the most humorous?

Time to study language

You have learnt about the use of articles—a, an and the.

Sometimes, we do not use articles.
We do not use an article:

1. before names of people. For example,

• The essay was written by Stephen Leacock.

2. before plural countable nouns or before uncountable nouns when referring to them in
general. For example,

• Children are innocent. (Children in general)
BUT: The children we met are innocent. (the particular children we met)

3. before names of most countries (India, Bangladesh, France), cities (London, Kolkata, Lyon),

continents (Africa, Europe), mountains (Mt Everest, Mount K2), roads and streets (Lake
Road, Garden View Road), parks (Nehru Park), colonies and places (Park Circus), and lakes
(Lake Michigan, Chilka Lake).

4. before names of games (ludo, chess), sports (cricket, football), subjects (Hindi, Geography),
meals (dinner), and languages (Tamil, Malayalam); but when we add ‘language’, we say the
Malayalam language.

5. before the words ‘bed’, ‘hospital’, ‘home’, ‘prison’, ‘church’, ‘school’, ‘university’, ‘college’, and
‘work’, when we talk about them vis-à-vis the very purpose they are meant for. For example,

• Sushant is in hospital.

BUT: Sushant has gone to check out the hospital. (the premises of the hospital)

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